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and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i got to pick one -- yeah, it is -- for being suspicious of -- skeptical, i shouldn't say suspicious, being skeptical of this notion that more and more military spending is the answer, look, i think the president got the -- the commitment to do that when for the first time a democratic president debated a republican president on military spending, and the democratic presidential candidate, the democratic candidate was for less spending and even ridiculed romney with regard to bayonets and horses and then won the election. and even in virginia, with so many thinking that ship buildings so important, he won. s
and it is that politicians on the side of cutting defense spending are actually winning election elections. and the american people are deciding the cuts. do you see hagel as part of this trend? >> i was, i was very critical about the remarks he said about the ambassador. now i hope he gets nominated because he is clearly being attacked from the right. from the let's spend more money in defense while we're cutting taxes faction. and i am very pleased the president is sticking with him. i...
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. >> the new conservative dominance of policy thinking ended when barack obama was elected president. but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared to the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. with chuck, our troops will always know just like sergeant hagel was there for his own brother, secretary hagel will be there for you. and finally, chuck represents the bipartisan tradition that we need more of in washington. for his independence, and commitment to consensus, he has earned the respect of national security and military leaders, republicans and democrats, including me. >> hagel will be the third republican secretary of defense appointed by the last two democratic presidents. william cohen, and bob gates, re-appointed by presid
. >> the new conservative dominance of policy thinking ended when barack obama was elected president. but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared...
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what they need to do is win some elections. >> bill, who has the leverage here? >> the reelected president whose party controls one of the two houses of congress has more leverage. he won on taxes and got most of that he campaigned for in terms of tax increases on the wealthy. i always thought that would happen. he can say he wants to raise taxes more on the wealthy and curbing deductions. and obama this is amazing giving way on the notion that taxes have to go up on the middle class. this is it. ultimately it is bad for liberals who want to expand the welfare state. they said the current level of taxation for everyone below $400,000 is appropriate. they can't raise that now over the next two or four years. they can try to run trillion dollars deficits over the next years and hope the fed can keep financing them that was a hidden victory in the fiscal cliff deal. going forward republicans need to think hard about what they want to ask for on the debt deal negotiations and it shouldn't just be spending cuts. ask for progrowth when h measu. we are not going to have
what they need to do is win some elections. >> bill, who has the leverage here? >> the reelected president whose party controls one of the two houses of congress has more leverage. he won on taxes and got most of that he campaigned for in terms of tax increases on the wealthy. i always thought that would happen. he can say he wants to raise taxes more on the wealthy and curbing deductions. and obama this is amazing giving way on the notion that taxes have to go up on the middle...
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elections, consequences. tada! >>> best new thing in the world today, the 2012 presidential election was famously tough on pollsters, but the democratic leaning firm, public policy polling did better than most, correctly predicting the presidential outcome in all the states. they are accurate, we know that from experience, but the other thing to know about ppp is that they're the only sound political polling firm in the country are the regularly out loud funny. they once asked people in pennsylvania, do you have enough santorum in your life or not? they asked michigan people, do you think the trees are high enough here in michigan? after the last election, they asked, do you think that barack obama legitimately won the election this year, or do you think that acorn stole it for him? 49% said that acorn stole it for them. acorn that doesn't exist anymore. they asked for rating for all the u.s. presidents, including the ones that nobody who is not on jeopardy remembers. millord fillmore, topping out. in july 2011, th
elections, consequences. tada! >>> best new thing in the world today, the 2012 presidential election was famously tough on pollsters, but the democratic leaning firm, public policy polling did better than most, correctly predicting the presidential outcome in all the states. they are accurate, we know that from experience, but the other thing to know about ppp is that they're the only sound political polling firm in the country are the regularly out loud funny. they once asked people...
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he won the election, shouldn't he get those choices? >> well, perhaps, except that his world view includes, i'm convinced, the idea that spending on defense has got to fall and that that money has to be reprogrammed into domestic spending. the defense budget is 600 billion dollars more or less and post war, 5% of gdp and conservatives argue it should now be about 4% of gdp. i think that chuck hagel's job is to start pushing that number downward and that's because barack obama wants it to fall after iraq, after afghanistan and then the democrats want for 25 years to spend that money on domestic education and energy. >> and of course the europeans discover you can only take so much money from defense and put it into the entitlement. >> they believe that. >> and eventually you end up bankrupt and defenseless. the europeans can afford that because they have the americans behind them. who do we have behind us? >> right, but here is the question that i have politically, the president knows because this was floated and you've written two criti
he won the election, shouldn't he get those choices? >> well, perhaps, except that his world view includes, i'm convinced, the idea that spending on defense has got to fall and that that money has to be reprogrammed into domestic spending. the defense budget is 600 billion dollars more or less and post war, 5% of gdp and conservatives argue it should now be about 4% of gdp. i think that chuck hagel's job is to start pushing that number downward and that's because barack obama wants it to...
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>> well, the president believes members of congress were elected to serve and as one of their essential responsibilities, to ensure that they do no harm in congress to this economy and to the livelihoods of average americans. flirting with default or even worse, allowing default would be a violation of those primary responsibilities. george, i can't be more clear. these are bills that congress racked up. if congress says they shouldn't be paying these bills or there should be less spending and borrowing they should have passed different legislation that appropriated funds. it is not the president's responsibility to pass legislation to raise the debt ceiling, it is congress' responsibility. he will not engage in a negotiation with congress that as advocates have described as a hostage situation that would result as it did in the summer of 2011 harming greatly this economy and businesses and great harm to average americans. so, it is just not the right thing to do. i think that if we were to travel down the road for any length of time, a great deal of unionimity behind the idea that it i
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with electing the president. women are excited about prospects. democratic party. i think really the challenge for republicans and women is that they have an election cycle in which it seems they were attacking women. a woman candidate on the republican side has a lot of work to do to change the face of the republican party. that's not the case on the democratic side. i think actually that there's a strong number of women senators and we have a historic number of women senators. a lot of those women, amy cloe ba char, i hope they will compete. >> how are you watching in terms of potential people for the ticket among the democrats? >> well, to highlight the point, there was an 18-point gender gap in this last election. it's going to be very hard for any republican woman or man to make up the difference because you have the right priority. for candidates who understand their lives -- >> what comes out in that research? what are the right priorities? >> well, they want someone who's really going to move the country
with electing the president. women are excited about prospects. democratic party. i think really the challenge for republicans and women is that they have an election cycle in which it seems they were attacking women. a woman candidate on the republican side has a lot of work to do to change the face of the republican party. that's not the case on the democratic side. i think actually that there's a strong number of women senators and we have a historic number of women senators. a lot of those...
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after the last election, they asked, do you think that barack obama legitimately won the election this year, or do you think that acorn stole it for him? 49% said that acorn stole it for them. acorn that doesn't exist anymore. they asked for rating for all the u.s. presidents, including the ones that nobody who is not on jeopardy remembers. millordfillmore, topping out. in july 2011, the ppp national poll turned from questions about congress to this "if god exists, do you approve or disapprove of its performance"? turns out god's approval rating
after the last election, they asked, do you think that barack obama legitimately won the election this year, or do you think that acorn stole it for him? 49% said that acorn stole it for them. acorn that doesn't exist anymore. they asked for rating for all the u.s. presidents, including the ones that nobody who is not on jeopardy remembers. millordfillmore, topping out. in july 2011, the ppp national poll turned from questions about congress to this "if god exists, do you approve or...
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critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives although i consider myself neither a republican or democrat i look forward to working closely on both sides of the aisle. most importantly, my wife cathy to my children kyle, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out. owen who is 92. i can not be where i am today without their love, patience, understanding, and support. there's no way i can ever repay them except to say i will need it for a little bit longer. i am deeply grateful for this opportunity. it will be bittersweet to leave all of my close colleagues and friends here at the white house and that the national security staff but come to work with in respect so deeply. if confirmed by the senate i will consider it to be an honor of my life. >> these are four outstanding individuals. we are grateful to all of them. i want in particular to think mike morell and leon panetta for their extraordinary service. i just want to repeat i hope the senate will act on these confirmations promptly. when it comes to security we d
critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives although i consider myself neither a republican or democrat i look forward to working closely on both sides of the aisle. most importantly, my wife cathy to my children kyle, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out. owen who is 92. i can not be where i am today without their love, patience, understanding, and support. there's no way i can ever repay them except to...
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bush the winner of the 2000 presidential election. it had been one of the hardest fought campaigns in recent memory. texas governor versus the vice-president and when the election results came in the vice-president won the popular vote because florida was too close to call, it went into equivalent of overtime, remember the pregnant, hanging and dip pelled chads and after challenges to the supreme court, 5-4 to halt the recall in florida and bush took florida getting the 25 needed electoral votes and he took the oath of office and lawmakers recognizing george w. bush 12 years ago. and is his parents' 68th wedding anniversary, they're now the longest married presidential couple in history. they met at a christmas dance in connecticut in 1941, married four years later and mr. bush, wearing his officer's uniform. he was 21 and on leave from active duty in world war ii as a navy pilot. mrs. bush was 20 and her groom was the first boy she'd ever kissed. president bush is still in a houston hospital for related cough and he's in a regular th
bush the winner of the 2000 presidential election. it had been one of the hardest fought campaigns in recent memory. texas governor versus the vice-president and when the election results came in the vice-president won the popular vote because florida was too close to call, it went into equivalent of overtime, remember the pregnant, hanging and dip pelled chads and after challenges to the supreme court, 5-4 to halt the recall in florida and bush took florida getting the 25 needed electoral...
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there are 38 governors up for election between now and the election. those are critical races for women and families in this country. we have seen the priorities of state legislatures across the country. in 2011 and 2012 we saw the greatest number of restrictions on women's do have access to health in the history of this country. we need to make sure we have good, strong, pro-choice women governors to draw the line in the sand. they need to be there to draw the line in the sand to protect women's health and block voter id laws. to make sure that workers' rights are protected. races have already begun at emily's list. i cannot believe that i want to say this, three pro-choice women running in the election right now, you may not know this, but this is exactly how the cycle started. emily's list was involved in four of these elections. we start early, right there in the name. do nothing but we are not looking seriously at 2016 and who will be running them. after the next cycle to come, i would like to open up about 2012 moving forward. thank you so much.
there are 38 governors up for election between now and the election. those are critical races for women and families in this country. we have seen the priorities of state legislatures across the country. in 2011 and 2012 we saw the greatest number of restrictions on women's do have access to health in the history of this country. we need to make sure we have good, strong, pro-choice women governors to draw the line in the sand. they need to be there to draw the line in the sand to protect...
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>> finally before i let you go, i know you were in charge of the campaign committee and republicans elected. is part of this the fact that he supported his former colleague bob kerry, a medal of honor winner and fellow former vietnam veteran who lost his leg in vietnam, is that part of this with you? >> not at all. >> okay. >> it's clear that chuck hagel left the republican party endorsing president obama in 2008 but this isn't politics or personalities. this is about being wrong on the principle national security issues that confront our country today and his lack of suitability for being the head of our national security apparatus at the pentagon. >> john cornyn, thank you very much for coming on and staying with us through the long white house ceremony. we really do appreciate that. >> thank you. >>> one of the newest members of congress and openly gay senator, tammy baldwin. senator, thank you very much for joining us. a couple of issues here. one is chuck hagel's -- >> thank you. >> -- anti-gay comment 14 years ago he said that he was aggressively gay and should not be -- i think that
>> finally before i let you go, i know you were in charge of the campaign committee and republicans elected. is part of this the fact that he supported his former colleague bob kerry, a medal of honor winner and fellow former vietnam veteran who lost his leg in vietnam, is that part of this with you? >> not at all. >> okay. >> it's clear that chuck hagel left the republican party endorsing president obama in 2008 but this isn't politics or personalities. this is about...
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after the election people in wall street felt it was possible that they would bring in someone from their world, with market experience. he brought in someone on the inside, life in politics and worked for joe mockley, college administrator at nyu. background like obama. they were hoping for jamie dimon to bring marketing experience. no. is there any evidence in this man's background, he is deliver and he thought it was sequestration. and he is the bold reformer capable of actually bringing entitlement to the table? i don't think there is any. it's disappointing that way. >> you learn where he wants to go, by where he chooses. he chooses hagel for defense because he wants to go in a certain direction with iran and a n a direction cutting the defense spending. jack lew is getting a guy that knows anything he knew aboutbe the budget and more. he would know where everything is. it's one of two choices. is he appointing him because he would be guy to makebe a big deal and reform entitlement? not scintilla of evidence that obama has interest whatsoever. the log call and likely explanation is h
after the election people in wall street felt it was possible that they would bring in someone from their world, with market experience. he brought in someone on the inside, life in politics and worked for joe mockley, college administrator at nyu. background like obama. they were hoping for jamie dimon to bring marketing experience. no. is there any evidence in this man's background, he is deliver and he thought it was sequestration. and he is the bold reformer capable of actually bringing...
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the congressional elections, 2006, they threw the republicans out. same thing happened to the democrats in approximate 1994, the american people threw democrats out and put the republicans in. i don't know what is going to happen in november, but whoever the two candidates are, i assume we know one, but as i said, it is unpredictable. whoever they are, they will frame up for america, for the world, what they believe. it will be iraq, it will be everything, they'll have to. the american people will demand it. i hope we will eventually dpet out, if we have my media friends here tonight, you'll have to forgive me for a moment, but i talk about you, too, in the book, the media and sometimes not flattering ways, by the way. get through the nonsense of why don't you put an american flag in your lapel? i think we have bigger problems than that in the country and i think the american people would like to hear something more substantive than why i don't put an american flag lapel on my coat. mighting interesting to some, but i don't think that is going to cha
the congressional elections, 2006, they threw the republicans out. same thing happened to the democrats in approximate 1994, the american people threw democrats out and put the republicans in. i don't know what is going to happen in november, but whoever the two candidates are, i assume we know one, but as i said, it is unpredictable. whoever they are, they will frame up for america, for the world, what they believe. it will be iraq, it will be everything, they'll have to. the american people...
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if you look at the first term of the obama administration, president obama was elected, there were doubts about his national security experience. it was quite natural for him to pick then senator clinton to be secretary of state and keep bob gates on as secretary of defense. i think he thinks in the second term, he is not running for reelection. he has had experience, so he is much more inclined to pick somebody who is comfortable with, which is senator chuck hagel and senator john kerry. they got along in the senate, so presumably there will get along in the administration. i would add that i do think that one has to ask why, for example, the president is willing to make a flight out of the nomination? i do think the fundamental reason is that secretary chuck hagel --senator chuck hagel would agree, i think both he and the president are in lock step. one of the things that should be done in the hearings for the nomination is the did more about where this administration is going when it thinks about american power and leadership. it is finding good to talk about the limits of power. every
if you look at the first term of the obama administration, president obama was elected, there were doubts about his national security experience. it was quite natural for him to pick then senator clinton to be secretary of state and keep bob gates on as secretary of defense. i think he thinks in the second term, he is not running for reelection. he has had experience, so he is much more inclined to pick somebody who is comfortable with, which is senator chuck hagel and senator john kerry. they...
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after being propelled to a re-election with the help of women and minority voters, the nation's first black president appears to be stacking his second term cabinet with white men. the president's choice for treasury secretary is expected to be jack lee. that's after nominating john kerry for state, chuck hagel for defense and john brennan for cia chief. obviously as you can see, they are all white men. with hillary clinton exiting the state department and lisa jackson stepping down as head of the epa, the obama administration's at a net loss when it comes to women and minorities in the cabinet. "outfront" tonight, roland martin, rosa brooks, and reihan salam. rosa, let me start with you. this is a president who campaigned aggressively on women's reproductive rights and equal pay for equal work. it was a big part of his campaign. he won the women's vote by double digits over mitt romney. should the president be asking for something that he mocked, i.e., binders of women? >> i'm tempted to send him a few binders. i know a lot of fantastic women. i think this isn't an issue of affirmati
after being propelled to a re-election with the help of women and minority voters, the nation's first black president appears to be stacking his second term cabinet with white men. the president's choice for treasury secretary is expected to be jack lee. that's after nominating john kerry for state, chuck hagel for defense and john brennan for cia chief. obviously as you can see, they are all white men. with hillary clinton exiting the state department and lisa jackson stepping down as head of...
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campaign contributions, the nra is far from the biggest spender, paying about $19 million in the last election. it did not get much for its money. the nra has less than 1% success rate getting its people in or out of congress. the power comes from the membership, which the group says has grown by 100,000 people in just the last few weeks. people like chris schneider. >> this is a semiautomatic rifle, which has been portrayed in the media as evil, which it is not. i use it to hunt coyote and small game. >> congress will likely hear from people like him. those on the other side of the issue have far less to spend. >> gun control groups i would say used to be more of a force to be reckoned with. good they have been neutered on some level over the last 10 or 20 years. but joe biden says he will make his recommendations to the president on tuesday. we expect president obama will make his case to the american public not long after that. >> the un security council is holding emergency talks on the crisis in mali. 30 soldiers have been killed after a bottle with rebels in the north of the country. fig
campaign contributions, the nra is far from the biggest spender, paying about $19 million in the last election. it did not get much for its money. the nra has less than 1% success rate getting its people in or out of congress. the power comes from the membership, which the group says has grown by 100,000 people in just the last few weeks. people like chris schneider. >> this is a semiautomatic rifle, which has been portrayed in the media as evil, which it is not. i use it to hunt coyote...
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i won't take your handgun away. >> regarding what the biden team is expect today propose, newly elected democratic senator heidi hidecamp from north dakota expressed concerns. what she's heard about the proposal is way in extreme of what she thinks is necessary and is not going to pass congress. the second amendment is clearly an emotional issue for many americans. supporters say it's about freedom and suggests tighter gun control won't prevent violence. >> you've got to remember that bad guys aren't stupid they're just bad. they're going to-- if they're intent on doing something bad they're going it figure out a way to get a firearm and use it. >> other than guns, those worried about the impact violent video games and movies have on young people today. megyn. >> mike, thank you. in that 2008 sound bite president obama went on to say, after saying i won't take your shotgun away or your rifle away, there are some common sense gun safety laws that i do believe in, but i'm not going to take your guns away. now, this appears to be, you know, what he's going after, what he believes are commo
i won't take your handgun away. >> regarding what the biden team is expect today propose, newly elected democratic senator heidi hidecamp from north dakota expressed concerns. what she's heard about the proposal is way in extreme of what she thinks is necessary and is not going to pass congress. the second amendment is clearly an emotional issue for many americans. supporters say it's about freedom and suggests tighter gun control won't prevent violence. >> you've got to remember...
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we just had an election in this country. did that teach any lessons, were there any technology lessons to be drawn from this year's election? >> it's always hard to reason from one event. the winners get to write history and the losers sort of think about the next election. there is no connection that the obama campaign, because i was part of it, had a technology that helped elect the president. it was cloud computing, servers and targeted programs and get out the vote. so that is to say this is to governments are going to change, too. on the one hand, the governments deliver services and now we can measure them. if someone asked you give me money to donate rice to the following village. we can now check whether the rice actually got there, another check and balance on sort of the corruption nature of things. we can test the effectiveness of programs. to give you some of the more sort of worrisome examples, governments can know where people really are. they can tell what they are reporting to doing versus what they are reall
we just had an election in this country. did that teach any lessons, were there any technology lessons to be drawn from this year's election? >> it's always hard to reason from one event. the winners get to write history and the losers sort of think about the next election. there is no connection that the obama campaign, because i was part of it, had a technology that helped elect the president. it was cloud computing, servers and targeted programs and get out the vote. so that is to say...
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you see why he was elected. melissa: absolutely. we want to get to which it said at the white house. rich: democrats and republicans may have some issues. chuck hagel, a republican senator for two terms from the state of nebraska, he has certainly been on the opposite side. once calling for direct talks with hamas. some others have issues with what he said about israel. also, he started out as a supporter of the iraq war. then, he flipped on that. eventually, he came out against the troop. he also called the defense budget bloated. some question that he would be too tough on military spending. that is the next fight in washington. that deal puts off what is known as the soap quester. tte automatic spending cuts. but those cuts off for two months. congress is now going to wrestle with how exactly to replace those cuts, slow down those cuts or change those cuts. there are a number of republicans who have concerns over the former senator's record. a number of these issues have come up. we are not quite getting a firm read yet on exactl
you see why he was elected. melissa: absolutely. we want to get to which it said at the white house. rich: democrats and republicans may have some issues. chuck hagel, a republican senator for two terms from the state of nebraska, he has certainly been on the opposite side. once calling for direct talks with hamas. some others have issues with what he said about israel. also, he started out as a supporter of the iraq war. then, he flipped on that. eventually, he came out against the troop. he...
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the newly elected senator from the grace to the texas who is sort of out there even ahead of the other senator from texas, john corning, just running away with this nomination. >> he is a very effective guy. he beat the establishment candidate in texas. a tremendous campaigner and will be there for a long time in texas. i think you will basically earned his spurs by taking on this fight and and a lot of esteem. i have known chuck hegel well. he is a friend of mine. lou: ted crews just got into trouble. >> not with that. there are a lot of things to disagree with. i can tell you, deputy of the reagan ministration, which i was a big supporter of, he fought hard or vietnam vets. my sense, independent voice, strong. he will have to defend itself. i think he wins it, but i think he will get knocked around quite a bit, and i personally believe presidents should be able to appoint to they want. lou: and that is a time-honored tradition. is it another ploy chosen battle on the part of the republican party to go after these nominees? after all, they will be doing the bidden -- bidding. the buck
the newly elected senator from the grace to the texas who is sort of out there even ahead of the other senator from texas, john corning, just running away with this nomination. >> he is a very effective guy. he beat the establishment candidate in texas. a tremendous campaigner and will be there for a long time in texas. i think you will basically earned his spurs by taking on this fight and and a lot of esteem. i have known chuck hegel well. he is a friend of mine. lou: ted crews just got...
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good elections in following years. again, thank you. state travels. we will take a 15-minute break and reload the tables. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> coming up in about 20 minutes, we will take you live to the white house. president obama is set to name jack lew as the next treasury secretary, becoming the 76 to treasury secretary so far. so far only one republican has come not in opposition. we will hear from the president and likely jack lew as well. vice president joe biden continues meetings on the gun violence task force coming hearing from walnut -- wildlife interest groups this morning. he is doing a widespread review of the safety laws. he will be meeting in about half an hour with the national rifle association. president obama has set a late january deadline for vice- president biden's proposals. before the meeting got under way, he spoke to reporters for about 15 minutes. >> let me thank you all for being here. you repres
good elections in following years. again, thank you. state travels. we will take a 15-minute break and reload the tables. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> coming up in about 20 minutes, we will take you live to the white house. president obama is set to name jack lew as the next treasury secretary, becoming the 76 to treasury secretary so far. so far only one republican has come not in opposition. we will...
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there are wounds from losing the election to president obama. conservative base of the republican party is not happy with this initial deal on the fiscal cliff. so they're looking for republicans to plant flags. now taxes and spending has nothing to do with chuck hagel except for gloria's point about a downsizing at the pentagon. chuck hagel has been on the record saying it's too bloated. while it's not connected to some of the other games of political chess in washington, in some ways everything is connected. >> the white house makes the calculation that if republicans are going to oppose chuck hagel because he ended up being opposed to the war in iraq, that's a fight the white house is happy to have. more than half of the public is opposed -- was opposed to the war in iraq, too, in the end. this is something that they feel they can do. they wouldn't have nominated him, wolf, if they didn't think he would get confirm but it's a political fight that they shouldn't shy away from. >> i'll bring jim acosta in this conversation in a moment. brianna
there are wounds from losing the election to president obama. conservative base of the republican party is not happy with this initial deal on the fiscal cliff. so they're looking for republicans to plant flags. now taxes and spending has nothing to do with chuck hagel except for gloria's point about a downsizing at the pentagon. chuck hagel has been on the record saying it's too bloated. while it's not connected to some of the other games of political chess in washington, in some ways...
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as you say the last chapter really at the end of the day mr obama can no longer skirt this issue the election is out of the way the clock is ticking so this is sort of if you will do or die time for both presidents and my expectation is that we will see some meaningful dialogue going on in some meaningful conclusion at the end of the discussions in the coming days while washington appears inclined to withdraw most of its forces from afghanistan if not all while again is them scenes of desperate to hold on to the american contingent is a compromise possible yet. there will be a compromise let's bear in mind that what's at stake here really in essence what's at stake is really the legitimacy of the western alliance over the last eleven years we have seen the surge over the last two years and the surge has not changed the changing landscape at all what's ended up happening is that the taliban has not been back to the negotiating table for nearly a year and can anyone legitimately say that having virtually increased by fifty percent the troop levels to one hundred thousand troops in the last two
as you say the last chapter really at the end of the day mr obama can no longer skirt this issue the election is out of the way the clock is ticking so this is sort of if you will do or die time for both presidents and my expectation is that we will see some meaningful dialogue going on in some meaningful conclusion at the end of the discussions in the coming days while washington appears inclined to withdraw most of its forces from afghanistan if not all while again is them scenes of desperate...
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newly-elected senator tammy baldwin, also the first openly gay u.s. senator says she plans on questioning hagel for his anti-gay comments. 14 years ago hagel criticized ambassador james hormel for being aggressively gay. baldwin wants to know if his apology is sufficient and sincere and she wants to see how he's evolved on that issue particularly in the area of don't ask, don't tell. another obama appointment yesterday, he tapped counter terrorism adviser john brennan to lead the c.i.a. much the controversy there has to do with his involvement in the use of armed drones and his views on waterboarding but it is resparking a debate over the white house cyberleaks. president's aides purposely let out some information to help his re-election chances. but some republicans say they won't confirm brennan until the investigations are complete. more bill press is coming up after the break. stay with us. (vo) brought to you by lysol. a mission for health. before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold &
newly-elected senator tammy baldwin, also the first openly gay u.s. senator says she plans on questioning hagel for his anti-gay comments. 14 years ago hagel criticized ambassador james hormel for being aggressively gay. baldwin wants to know if his apology is sufficient and sincere and she wants to see how he's evolved on that issue particularly in the area of don't ask, don't tell. another obama appointment yesterday, he tapped counter terrorism adviser john brennan to lead the c.i.a. much...
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we also discussed the issue of election in afghanistan and the importance of election for the afghan people and with the hope that we will be conducting a free and fair election in afghanistan where our friends and the international community in particular the united states will be assisting in conducting those elections. of course, where afghanistan will have the right environment for conducting elections without interference and without -- and due concern in that regard for the afghan people. we also discussed in a bit of detail and in the environment that we have all aspects of the bilateral security agreement between afghanistan and the united states and i informed the president that the afghan people already in the -- that we called for, the strategic partnership agreement between the united states have given their approval to the relationship and it is good for afghanistan. so that conflicts the bilateral security agreement as one that afghan people approve and i'm sure we will conduct it in detail where both the interests of the united states and the interests of afghanistan w
we also discussed the issue of election in afghanistan and the importance of election for the afghan people and with the hope that we will be conducting a free and fair election in afghanistan where our friends and the international community in particular the united states will be assisting in conducting those elections. of course, where afghanistan will have the right environment for conducting elections without interference and without -- and due concern in that regard for the afghan people....
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there are elections in february. a condition of the agreement is that silvio berlusconi will that another party take the leadership if they win. an army says it sees a car packed with explosives and weapons near a church. many coptics i left feeling nervous about their place in the country. a private visit to north korea. an ex-diplomat a ride in korea just weeks - or live in north korean just weeks after a long- range rocket was launched into space. the five men charged with the gang rape of a young woman on a city bus appeared in court. the judge had to throw everyone out. two of the defendants agreed to testify against the other suspects to avoid the death penalty. this report on a case that has brought international attention. >> it is a crime that has shaken india. today, the fiat cues coming to court for the first time in -- the five accused coming to court for the first time. police were in force with ander simmering -- anger simmering over the woman whose death had been a few days ago. people are trying to ri
there are elections in february. a condition of the agreement is that silvio berlusconi will that another party take the leadership if they win. an army says it sees a car packed with explosives and weapons near a church. many coptics i left feeling nervous about their place in the country. a private visit to north korea. an ex-diplomat a ride in korea just weeks - or live in north korean just weeks after a long- range rocket was launched into space. the five men charged with the gang rape of a...
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have to run in general elections. generally they just have to win primaries. and the nominating process favors those most strident voices. and we saw it in the republican primary. one of the things that defeated romney he is had to move so far right to be the nominee, on immigration, on women's issues and so on that he essentially invalidated himself with large numbers of voters in order to be the nominee. >> rose: voters growing in importance. >> yes. and so you know, we see it playing out in the congress. where i think the readers of the republican party, in candid momentses would say we can't win a national election if we're tacking to the right on all these issues. but in order to maintain their leadership within the party, they have to be responsive to these strident voices. and i think it's a big problem for them. >> rose: is its president going to have an opportunity to be bold in the next four years? >> well -- >> or is he going to be tied down by fiscal issues in four years. >> well, i think that there are a
have to run in general elections. generally they just have to win primaries. and the nominating process favors those most strident voices. and we saw it in the republican primary. one of the things that defeated romney he is had to move so far right to be the nominee, on immigration, on women's issues and so on that he essentially invalidated himself with large numbers of voters in order to be the nominee. >> rose: voters growing in importance. >> yes. and so you know, we see it...
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i think in the second term, he is not running for re-election. he will pick somebody he is comfortable with, which is senator haggel and senator kerry. i do think one has to ask why the president is willing to make a fight in the nomination over secretary hagel as opposed to susan rice. i think steve would agree to this, one of the things that should be done in the hearings for the nomination is give much more clarity about where this administration is going. it is all fine and good to talk about the limits of power. everybody should understand our limits to power. that can be an excuse for not exercising power. i think that debate can be useful when put on the table when talking about senator hagel. >> hear the table, gary schmitt, the co-director for the -- and steve clemons the editor at large @ "the atlantic." we will get your comments in just a moment. i want to point out a " that is getting a lot of attention. i mentioned david miller who has a piece in this morning in "the washington news." he says this -- who would like to comment on that
i think in the second term, he is not running for re-election. he will pick somebody he is comfortable with, which is senator haggel and senator kerry. i do think one has to ask why the president is willing to make a fight in the nomination over secretary hagel as opposed to susan rice. i think steve would agree to this, one of the things that should be done in the hearings for the nomination is give much more clarity about where this administration is going. it is all fine and good to talk...
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mass protests were held in islamabad, pakistan, today demanding new election reforms. thousands of supporters of an outspoken muslim cleric gathered in the capital amid heavy security. they called for an end to government inefficiency and corruption. to the south, there were funerals for many of the 86 shiites killed in last week's bombings in quetta. thousands of shiites had refused to bury the dead until the provincial government was dismissed. syrian women now cite rape as a primary reason for fleeing their war-torn country. that's according to a new report by the international rescue committee. it says women report being sexually assaulted and raped, often in public and in front of family members. the i.r.c. gathered the data by interviewing more than 240 women in refugee camps in jordan and lebanon. the u.n. has registered more than 600,000 syrian refugees. in china, the people of beijing suffered through another day of severe smog, and for the first time government officials openly acknowledged the problem. the pollution was at its worst over the weekend, keeping
mass protests were held in islamabad, pakistan, today demanding new election reforms. thousands of supporters of an outspoken muslim cleric gathered in the capital amid heavy security. they called for an end to government inefficiency and corruption. to the south, there were funerals for many of the 86 shiites killed in last week's bombings in quetta. thousands of shiites had refused to bury the dead until the provincial government was dismissed. syrian women now cite rape as a primary reason...
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air force routinely request waivers of jurisdiction, and we received waivers in many cases that they elected not to try. we tried many cases that are testimonial cases, one versus one piece of testimony. i think we have the right standard in making a determination. we asked commanders to take note before they prefer a charge, charging instrument that we use, that simply asks them based on their personal knowledge or personal investigation of the case, do they believe, honestly believe the charges are true to the best of the knowledge and belief. that's the charging decision. and, and when those charges go forward to trial, at a later date, then we use prove beyond reasonable doubt, the very same standard that we use everywhere else in the nation. and it is reasonable that we will see a quintals, and we do. so i have a hard -- when you say the best example or model of how those decisions are made downtown, and put our model against that, we're every bit as good and in many cases better than that model. >> better will let other people decide, but it sounds to me, i'd like the others, what you'
air force routinely request waivers of jurisdiction, and we received waivers in many cases that they elected not to try. we tried many cases that are testimonial cases, one versus one piece of testimony. i think we have the right standard in making a determination. we asked commanders to take note before they prefer a charge, charging instrument that we use, that simply asks them based on their personal knowledge or personal investigation of the case, do they believe, honestly believe the...
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very powerful movie and it's interesting to me that sony felt they had to delay it until after the election, because i found its message to be rather critical of many aspects of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy. >> as "the washington post," a little disenginous saying it's on the-- >> they were getting access to the top secret information. >> it's clearly not a documentary, it's extraordinary bit of film making, but this kind of mixture of fact and fiction, we've seen this. oliver stone has been doing it for decades and other film makers, take a real situation and fold in fiction and make up characters and composite characters. it's always sort of dangerous when you're talking about real historical events and particularly dangerous when you're depicting an event critical to a war they're still engaged in. are we still engaged in these tactics, the obama administration says no. and you're signaling to the enemy what we have been willing to do in the past and i think that's a dangerous thing. >> judicial watch sued to get access, freedom of information act, access to the dea
very powerful movie and it's interesting to me that sony felt they had to delay it until after the election, because i found its message to be rather critical of many aspects of the obama administration's counterterrorism policy. >> as "the washington post," a little disenginous saying it's on the-- >> they were getting access to the top secret information. >> it's clearly not a documentary, it's extraordinary bit of film making, but this kind of mixture of fact and...
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in northern ireland as a result of the peace process we have a government in which everyone who is elected to the parliament is part of the government that leaves no space for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class president suddenly in lower middle class communities to is being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just hard difficult it is to my mom age. a popular protest in a situation where there is no option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. now take a look at some of the stories from around the world sounds in half are tested in the sri lankan capital against the government's attempt to impeach the country's first female chief justice on monday her conviction was squashed an appeal after the supreme court ruled the case against her was unconstitutional move half barred accusations parliament was breaking the law last month the government said the chief justice was guilty of unexp
in northern ireland as a result of the peace process we have a government in which everyone who is elected to the parliament is part of the government that leaves no space for parliamentary opposition and so when something like this happens that is seen by certain mostly working class president suddenly in lower middle class communities to is being provocative there is no political way of actually expressing your opposition so to some extent we're seeing just hard difficult it is to my mom age....
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what john brennan's election would mean for the so-called kill list. >>> plus, as james holmes appears in court, a warning to the families of the aurora movie theater shooting. be prepared. it's about to get graphic. >>> and his clients include katie holmes, cameron diaz, nicole richie, and you. now a fashion icon is missing after his plane suddenly disappears. >>> hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. good to be with you on this monday. i promise we'll get you much more on the president's national security choices in just a moment. but first, really a gut wrenching scene unfolding right now in a colorado courtroom. prosecutors are laying out some of the gruesome details of last summer's mass shooting inside an aurora, colorado, movie theater. alleged gunman james holmes is not expected to enter a plea today. he's charged with murder, attempted murder, weapons violations, 166 counts in total here. this preliminary hearing they say should last multiple days. you remember this story. 12 people were killed, at least 58 were wounded, 22-year-old steven barton was one of them. he is now an advo
what john brennan's election would mean for the so-called kill list. >>> plus, as james holmes appears in court, a warning to the families of the aurora movie theater shooting. be prepared. it's about to get graphic. >>> and his clients include katie holmes, cameron diaz, nicole richie, and you. now a fashion icon is missing after his plane suddenly disappears. >>> hi, everyone. i'm brooke baldwin. good to be with you on this monday. i promise we'll get you much more...
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option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. changing direction to in search of a better a live. report from ben what is becoming an appealing place for those who fail to find an economic and social paradise a more traditional and even. wealthy british style. sometimes right. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to kaiser report. north korea known for its reclusive menace and time to internet controls is playing host to a high profile visit from the u.s. one of the guests being head of online giant google the trip while promoted as a private and humanitarian one is breeding speculation about the company's plans to expand into the secretive state washington from the one of the streets demanding for sanctions on pyongyang off the recent rocket launch meanwhile the have been reports that north korean authorities are hiring german economy is to help open the country up for foreign investment after a go
option to change the government so to speak because the government includes everyone who ever gets elected. changing direction to in search of a better a live. report from ben what is becoming an appealing place for those who fail to find an economic and social paradise a more traditional and even. wealthy british style. sometimes right. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial...
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look, free new city council members are sworn into office at this hour and two them have never held elected office before. environmental advocate and an affordable housing advocate who will replace a council veteran from west oakland. the third new member will replace a veteran councilmen from another district. the california legislature begin as new session in sacramento with a new advantage for democrats. for the first time in 130 years democrat lawmakers have supermajorities in both the senate and the state in the assembly. they will work with the governor of the same party. the combination means they could unilaterally increase taxes, pass emergency legislation, and put constitutional amendments before voters. >> playoff fever is gripping the bay fever with 49 playoff tickets online attic it master and told out in three minutes. they play on saturday at candlestick park at 5:00. fans have been encouraged to visit the nfl ticket exchange or another resale site to go to the game. it it is possible more tickets could be made available through ticket master. the sharks are preparing for hoc
look, free new city council members are sworn into office at this hour and two them have never held elected office before. environmental advocate and an affordable housing advocate who will replace a council veteran from west oakland. the third new member will replace a veteran councilmen from another district. the california legislature begin as new session in sacramento with a new advantage for democrats. for the first time in 130 years democrat lawmakers have supermajorities in both the...